Geometry of theta divisors --- a survey

zbMATH Open1317.14097arXiv1204.2734MaRDI QIDQ5500514FDOQ5500514

Authors: Samuel Grushevsky, Klaus Hulek 

Publication date: 6 August 2015

Abstract: We survey the geometry of the theta divisor and discuss various loci of principally polarized abelian varieties (ppav) defined by imposing conditions on its singularities. The loci defined in this way include the (generalized) Andreotti-Mayer loci, but also other geometrically interesting cycles such as the locus of intermediate Jacobians of cubic threefolds. We shall discuss questions concerning the dimension of these cycles as well as the computation of their class in the Chow or the cohomology ring. In addition we consider the class of their closure in suitable toroidal compactifications and describe degeneration techniques which have proven useful. For this we include a discussion of the construction of the universal family of ppav with a level structure and its possible extensions to toroidal compactifications. The paper contains numerous open questions and conjectures.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2734

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zbMATH Keywords

theta divisorcohomology ringChow ringintermediate Jacobiansprincipally polarized abelian varietiesAndreotti-Mayer locicubic threefolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Theta functions and abelian varieties (14K25) Algebraic moduli of abelian varieties, classification (14K10)

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